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Adjective: void  voyd
  1. Containing nothing
    "the earth was without form, and void"
     
  2. (law) lacking any legal or binding force
    "null and void";
    - null
Noun: void  voyd
  1. An important absence or lack of someone or something
    "There was a void in his life after she left";
    - vacancy, emptiness, vacuum
     
  2. A vast, empty, or unknown space, especially one that seems threatening or overwhelming
    "He stepped into the void"; "The vast void between galaxies""
     
  3. An empty space or unfilled gap within a structure
    "The atrium created a dramatic void in the building"
     
  4. The state of nonexistence
    "The concept of void is central to some philosophical discussions";
    - nothingness, nullity, nihility
Verb: void  voyd
  1. Take away the legal force of or render ineffective
    "void a contract";
    - invalidate, vitiate
     
  2. Declare invalid
    "void a plea";
    - invalidate, annul, quash, avoid, nullify
     
  3. Clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something
    "The chemist voided the glass bottle"; "The concert hall was voided of the audience"
     
  4. Excrete or discharge from the body
    "The patient needed to void their bowels";
    - evacuate, empty

Derived forms: voiding, voided, voids

See also: empty, invalid

Type of: alter, cancel, change, contradict, egest, eliminate, empty, excrete, modify, negate, nonentity, nonexistence, pass, space, strike down

Encyclopedia: Void